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United Nations agencies have mounted an urgent emergency response to a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, mobilising medical supplies, logistics support, and personnel across multiple affected provinces as the death toll climbs and the virus threatens to breach more urban centres. UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric disclosed the scale…
Victor Osimhen could be handed the captain’s armband at Galatasaray if the Istanbul club decides not to retain Argentine forward Mauro Icardi, Turkish football pundit Ali Naci Kucuk has disclosed. “Galatasaray wants to give the captain’s armband to Victor Osimhen if they don’t continue with Mauro Icardi,” Kucuk said, adding fresh dimension to ongoing…
For millions of Muslims across West Africa, Eid al-Adha, known in Mali as Tabaski, is the most sacred family gathering of the year. But for residents of Bamako, Mali’s capital, the 2025 celebration has been reduced to a painful exercise in isolation, as an Al-Qaeda linked jihadist blockade severs the roads connecting families separated by…
The African Democratic Congress has declared that a Federal High Court judgment nullifying key sections of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s regulations for the 2027 general elections will unleash a wave of defections from the ruling All Progressives Congress, as the opposition party welcomed the verdict as a direct vindication of its earlier legal…
China and Nigeria have expanded their bilateral relations through a cultural exchange programme centred on traditional tea heritage. The initiative gathered diplomats, artists, and government officials at the China Cultural Centre in Abuja on Wednesday. Dubbed the 2026 Maritime Silk Road Impressions salon, the gathering used the ancient beverage to anchor talks on people-to-people diplomacy….
MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa have amassed a combined data revenue of N1.53 trillion in their latest financial results, propelled by a sharp rise in smartphone adoption and internet consumption. The figures underscore the shifting commercial realities of the country’s telecommunications sector, where digital services are rapidly displacing traditional voice calls as the primary engine…
The National Youth Service Corps has partnered with the National Identity Management Commission to streamline biometric verification for prospective corps members nationwide. This collaboration aims to eliminate the frequent database bottlenecks that delay the registration of university and polytechnic graduates. Under the new arrangement, the youth scheme will directly use the national identity database to…
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspects following the abduction of two employees from the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria in Ibadan. Armed men invaded the institute premises at Idi-Ayunre on Tuesday evening, dragging the workers into the nearby forest. A joint security team tracked the attackers, leading to a gunfight and the…
A joint team of security operatives has rescued Mrs Grace Ogunleye, the Vice Chairman of Ilejemeje Local Government Area, from her abductors. Gunmen intercepted her on Wednesday along the Ipere-Iludun Ekiti Road, abandoning her vehicle by the roadside. Security forces, tracking her captors through the forests, freed her less than twenty-four hours after the assault….
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. Aina will succeed Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose second term ends on 31 July 2026. At 39 years old, the computer engineering academic will become the youngest registrar to run the nation’s tertiary admissions body. The presidency…
